Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-20

to be man OF high courage. He was
bigger, stronger and younger than
O'Brien, but the latter jumped for him
nevertheless and had him we'll in hand
when the men were dragged apart.
Larry O'Brie n loved Broadway. After
he had been cut half to pieces by Truman
he WAS confined long while in the nos
pltal, but as soon as he was able to walk
he crept out on Broadway, where he used
to move feebly ABOUT in the sun attended
always by his devoted friends. He was
then as pale rs corpse, his arm was in
sling, and his general condition pitia-
BILE. The true story of his quarrel with
truman has never been published, and
probably never will be by any reputable
paper, because it involves the name OF
one OF the most generous aud popular of
men and of woman who is universally
esteemed.
Perhaps the most intimate friend of
OBrien's was Pat Sheedy, whose ups and
downs in life would make a wonderful
story of adventure. Sheedy is a calm,
serene, equable and placid man, who has
cold gray eye aud has never yet blutfed
or ratified. His attire Is invariably OF
the most faultless pattern and he neither
drinks nor smokes, He is the only man
who ever had absolute control over Sulli-
van, and it is said that they have had
but one quarrel. At the height OF it Sui
| livan uttered violent threat and mem
| aced the gambler. 1t is said that Sheedy
moved closer to Sullivan, looked him
straight in the eye and told him never to
bluff him again, because If he did he
would be called. Sullivan looked into the
| eye OF the gambler and saw something
| there which his fighting spirit recognized,
and ever since that time he has treated
| Sheedy with the most pronounced re-
| spect.
Another sporting man who holds place
| in the local admiration OF the town is
Jere Dunn. Thousands OF women have
| passed him on Broadway day after day
for years and wondered who he was, tor he
] is one of the most inveterate and tireiess
walkers of New York's great thorough
| fare. He is a handsome man of stalwart
build with a short clipped beard, level
brows and bright eyes. l saw him the
| day he came from Chicago after he had
| killed Elliot, when New York was filled
with threats against his life and he was
warned by all his friends not to come
here. 1t was on board steamer going to a
! prize fight out in Flushing, and there was
| as desperate gang of toughs on the boat
as could have been raked together from
| the four quarters of the earth. Every
| other man had curse and a threat for
the name OF Jere Dunn, and it was prophe-
sled on all sides that he would never dare
come TO New York again. Two minutes
| before the boat started there was a COM
motion on the forward deck, and Jere
| Dunn strolled down the gang plank into
the lions den the picture of complacency
and ease. Since that time he has faced
the mob everywhere in New York with
the same imperturbable exterior, and the
impression that he is not the sort of a
man to trifle with is now so well defined
| that all the talk of vengeance has melted
| into the air.
1t would 1 suppose be difficult to find
| three acknowledged gamblers in the
| country who have so large share OF the
respect OF reputable men as O'Brien,
Sheedy and Dunn.
AMOS j. CUMMINGS AND BLAKELY HALL,